Lu Yuan nodded: "Let's find a place to sit! They're all old folks!"
"By the way, where's Chen Bin? Why didn't any of them come?" Lu Yuan looked around but didn't see any of the people recruited from the vicinity of Shanxi Province.
Du Heng, who was standing to the side, spat on the ground while smoking a cigarette.
"Cough! Those guys escaped!"
Lu Yuan immediately understood that human relationships would eventually dissipate. The reason why those people were able to maintain such a high level of loyalty before was definitely because of him. After he left, they felt that there was no backbone in this base, so they all ran away.
"Alright, let's run away! There's no need to hate each other. We've known each other for a while now, let's just consider it fate!"
"By the way, how many people are left in our base now?"
Deng Yuanyuan took out a small notebook, looked at it, and said, "There are currently 215 people in our base! Counting your friends, that makes exactly 220!"
Lu Yuan nodded slightly: "It's alright, there aren't many people, but it's enough! We won't be recruiting any more people for our base for the time being!"
"Yes, that's right. Outsiders usually come with ulterior motives, so it's better if they don't come!"
"Yes, with so many people, there's not enough food. Now everyone's scavenging for food everywhere, basically they've found everything edible, sigh!" Kong Hanting couldn't help but whisper.
"Everyone doesn't have to worry about food anymore!"
After saying that, Lu Yuan took out a bag of crystals and placed it on the table.
"This is a catalyst-containing ore that I obtained. There are also similar crystals around here. Has anyone heard about the effects of this crystal?"
Everyone looked at the crystals spread out on the table with some surprise.
"What is this? And what is a catalyst?"
"It looks really strange. Is this a diamond? But it doesn't quite look like one!"
"I've never seen one before, I don't know if it's valuable, or if people over there would buy this kind of thing."
"..."
Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, but none of them had ever seen such a thing before. Lu Yuan sighed. It seemed that the development of this kind of crystal was only possible among some powerful forces, and since they were basically isolated from the world, they naturally wouldn't know about it.
Lu Yuan then gave a brief introduction to the characteristics of this crystal, and everyone immediately understood after listening.
Du Heng licked his lips, a look of delight on his face, and held up a crystal: "You mean with this, we won't have to worry about food and drink anymore?"
Lu Yuan nodded: "That's right, but there are still prerequisites. You have to have the ability to purify it, otherwise it's just a pile of useless stones!"
Everyone looked dejected. They had basically sold everything they could to buy food, and there was practically nothing left. Purifying the product was out of the question.
"Don't be sad, everyone, I have the equipment for this kind of purification!"
"Moreover, this time I intend to help everyone develop our own agriculture and animal husbandry!"
Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing this.
"Develop our agriculture and animal husbandry? Great! Finally, we won't have to worry about what to eat next!"
After everything was agreed upon, Lu Yuan began to draw up a list, which contained catalysts specifically used to purify ores, as well as many other tools.
The reason Lu Yuan took these things out was that he didn't want his dimensional space to be exposed.
Lu Yuan took out a few more ores and gave them to Xiwen to exchange for some things and currency at the place where they came from. After all, Xiwen had met many people, so it would be better if he could handle it. Moreover, Feng Wu had not left yet, so Lu Yuan could let them go back together and take care of them on the way.
As for returning, Lu Yuan and his group have a boat. Although their current camp is still dozens of kilometers from the coast, sailing to this location will allow them to avoid the dangerous cannibal tribes. The experience has left a deep impression on everyone, and no one wants to take that route again.
After everything was agreed upon, everyone got to work.
The next day, Lu Yuan brought dozens of people, each carrying their own shovels and tools.
The land in the valley wasn't particularly flat, but that didn't bother Lu Yuan. He possessed a dimensional space, and even in a place where no grass would grow for thousands of years, he was confident he could grow crops.
"You guys go over there and dig out the volcanic ash. You guys go over there and move all those rocks. We need to level this area and use it as our planting area!"
Everyone was full of energy and worked with all their might. They knew that Lu Yuan had come with new technology, and with the new technology, they would no longer have to worry about food and drink.
Lu's father was also idle at home with nothing to do, so he followed Lu Yuan to the mountain to start leveling the land.
After three busy days, Lu Yuan finally cleared the land. Although there was still a lot of volcanic ash on the ground, it was much better than before.
After a quick measurement of the land area, it was only a little over ten acres, not very large, but more than enough to support more than two hundred people.
"Why haven't they come back yet? It's been three days!"
Lu Yuan glanced at the time and couldn't help but worry. If they really encountered some trouble, it would be a real loss.
But there was nothing he could do about his worries, so Lu Yuan could only continue to wait. However, he didn't waste any time. He knew that time was of the essence, and he had to get things sorted out as soon as possible before setting off to find Xiao Shan, because a new wave of disaster was about to begin.
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